The King Street Board School in Frederick Street,
Plymouth, was sometimes known as the Frederick Street Board School.

It was purchased in 1872 from the
Ragged Schools Association for £2,014 (another source says it cost
£2,032 18s 2d.). It accommodated 175 boys and 175 infants although the
premises were quite early condemned by HM Inspector of Schools and in 1879 a
new wing was under construction to provide extra rooms for 57 boys and 72
infants.

By the end of that year there were 260 boys and 265
infants on the registers and an average attendance of 201 and 238
respectively.

In 1888 the Master was Mr James Fox Ruse and the
Mistress, Mrs Minnie Tozer.

A proposal was made in 1890 to enlarge the School to
accommodate a further 90 boys. However,
Saint Peter's National School had vacancies and offered to take any
boys that King Street could not accept for either a penny per week, or even
for nothing. As a result the scheme was abandoned.

Just before the Board Schools were handed over to
the
Plymouth Local Education Authority in 1903, Mr Ruse was still the Master
but the Mistress was Mrs Annie Powe. There were 254 boys and 240 infants
attending at that time.

From then onwards it was known as the Frederick
Street Elementary School.